Vulnerability Management Process

New Assets, Technologies, Patches, Configurations Discovered Tracked by: Spreadsheets Asset Inventory System New Vulnerabilities and Threats Discovered Validated by: Alerts Web Site Research Information Collected and Validated Remediation: Database Spreadsheet Validation Tests Correlate Vulnerabilities to Assets Deployment Validated by: Risk Analysis Tools Develop Critical Vulnerability and Threat Risk-Ranked List...

Channel Sales – Items to Consider

Territory   vs   Major Account Manager,  vs  Channel Manager, vs  Global Accounts Manager             Forecast:                Quota’s   (top 10/20 deals) Commit, Top prospects, Most likely,  (what moved)                         Revenue  (where can is there low hanging fruit)                                        Sell to and through             Lead Generation, Call Activity,             Professional association,                                     Tradeshow,...

Defense In Depth – Another Interpretation

Identify and potentially mitigate risk at all layers Perimeter Defenses: Packet Filtering, Stateful Inspection of Packets, Intrusion Detection Network Defenses: VLAN Access Control Lists, Internal Firewall, Auditing, Intrusion Detection Host Defenses: Server Hardening, Host Intrusion Detection, Auditing Application Defenses: Validation Checks, Verify HTML / Cookies Source, Secure IIS Data...

Security Event Management

Security Event Management Proactively discover and detect intrusive activities/vulnerabilities Provide real-time prevention Provide a multi-layered approach to intrusion defense (Host/Network) Correlation & Visualization Integrate any event from the enterprise Collect, consolidate, and normalize events  across the enterprise Filter events, alert and notify personnel, execute countermeasures Response, Reporting – Forensics...

Vulnerability Management the correct way

Proactive, not reactive! Enhance your process: Capability, Deployment and Sustainability Access to assured and validated content Risk-based for work prioritization Step-by-step remediation instructions Real-time asset and technology inventory Task completion and tracking in enterprise reports

Vulnerability Management Obstacles

Inaccurate inventory of system configurations and software patches. Complexity of integrating/managing existing tools. Inefficient/unreliable research capabilities/methods. Lack of resources and cycles. Inability to quantify metrics. Costly resources and tools. www.bestitdocuments.com

The Typical Patch Process

Scan or poll network to determine vulnerabilities Real-time Network Defense System Change Alerts Identify “unmanaged” nodes on network Receive frequent vulnerability updates Ongoing monitoring for baseline compliance, vulnerabilities, and threats Prioritize vulnerabilities and patch deployment Standards-based interface to firewall, anti-virus and intrusion prevention systems to support rapid shielding Test...

Sample – Document Sharing Business Requirements

Integration with Existing Windows Operating Systems and MS and Third party applications. Create Folders Create libraries Collect documents Organize & manage content Organize & manage – File properties Organize & manage – metadata Organize & manage – Content types Locate & understand documents Search – Sorting grouping (Windows 200x,...

ISO 17999, 2700x and COBIT Quick Notes

This standard contains 11 security control clauses collectively containing a total of 39 main security categories and one introductory clause introducing risk assessment and treatment. 1) Security Policy 2) Organizing Information Security 3) Asset Management 4) Human Resources Security       5) Physical and Environmental Security 6) Communications and Operations Management 7) Access Control 8) Information...

Password Synchronization Technology

Business Issues Passwords are a reality and are here to stay Increased security risks in large enterprises A need to effectively manage user identities in increasingly complex environment The larger the enterprise, the greater support that is needed Help desks are required to support more complex enterprises with the...

Defense Against SYN Flood

Increase size of connection table Add more servers Trace attack back to source Ask your ISP to filter malicious packets Add firewall Typically “SYN proxy” Partial solution was “SYN-cookies” Reply to SYN with SYN-cookie Allocate no resources until SYN-cookie is returned Egress filtering restricts spoofed IP addresses

Sample Vulnerability Assessment results Tracking Form

  Unauthorized ports discovered Host Name / description TCP / UDP OS Helpdesk -associated tickets updated or opened                                                              ...

Record Management: Sarbanes – Oxley Act

Signed into law July 30 2002 A direct result of corporate scandals, such as Enron and WorldCom Introduced legislative changes to financial and corporate regulations Intended to “deter and punish” corporate and accounting fraud and corruption, ensure justice for wrongdoers, and protect the interests of workers and shareholders” (Quote:...

Sample Application Hosting Services

  Server Administration Application Support Infrastructure Support Upgrades DB Overlays, Cloning, creation and data population         Database Maintenance         Patch Management         Middleware Optimization and Mnagement         Databased Backup Administration         Database Security Administration...

Helpdesk Research – Analysis

Executive Summary After extensive research and evaluation of each Helpdesk’s experiences with Windows Vista and, we have determined that Windows 7 will provide substantial Helpdesk savings for high volume users who switch to Windows 7. Windows 7 can be expected to reduce support costs by $483 per user per...

Anatomy of Audit Logging

The Information Security Forum’s (ISF) The Standard of Good Practice for Information Security (Version 4.1, January 2005) states that the objective for logging is “To ensure individual accountability and to enable incidents, such as access violations, to be investigated and resolved.” This is easy to state, but a major...

MS IE Advanced Settings (8.0.6001.18702)

  Accessability Always expand ALT text for images Unchecked Enable Caret Browsing for new windows and tabs Unchecked Move system caret with focus / selection changes Unchecked Reset text size to medium for new windows and tabs Unchecked Reset test size to medium while zooming* Checked Reset zoom level...

Knowledge Lake Imaging Server

KnowledgeLake Imaging Server eliminates the costs and challenges of using paper documents, as well as the limitations it puts on your business processes. Built on Microsoft® SharePoint®, KnowledgeLake Imaging Server uses the latest technology to provide features that extend SharePoint’s enterprise content management capabilities throughout your organization.   With KnowledgeLake...

HIPAA Heatlthcare Business Considerations Part 3

Financial System Data: Master Patient Index Product Management Provider Contract Management Provider Network Modeling Provider Catalog and Selection Provider Credentialing Product P/L Reporting Sales & Marketing Group Contract Administration Enrollment and Eligibility Membership Accounting Customer Service/Call Center Encounter Processing Referral and Authorization Claim Processing and Payment Coordination of Benefits...

HIPAA Heatlthcare Business Considerations Part 2

Telecommunications PBX PBX-Voice Mail Key Systems Key Systems – Voice Mail Plexar 1A2Key CDR Help Desk/Bill Back Logger/Recorders Operator/Paging System Video Conference Long Distance Pagers Pagers Alpha/Num Messages ACD CTI Local TeCTI Wireless Phones Cellular Marketing Provider Data Provider Data HR and Payroll Data Healthplan Data EMPI Management Reporting...

Threat is a possible danger to the system

It is policy to ensure that the balance of risks, vulnerabilities, threats, and countermeasures achieves a residual level of risk that is acceptable based on the sensitivity or criticality of the individual information technology (IT) system. In accordance with SOP, it is the System Owner’s responsibility to prepare or...

Social Engineering Testing

Tests of Controls Social engineering techniques are employed in an attempt to obtain information regarding perimeter network devices and their defenses (i.e., IP address ranges, firewalls and default gateways) as well as potential internal targets. The information gathered during the reconnaissance phase outlines the basis of this test. The...

Why COBIT

  COBIT resources should be used as a source of best practice guidance. Each of the following is organized by IT management process, as defined in the COBIT Framework. COBIT is intended for use by business and IT management, as well as IS auditors; therefore, its usage enables the...

HIPAA – Common Healthcare Applications

Healthline Homesys IDX Integral Kronos Labcorp Landacorp Lumedx Macola DIS (Lexar) Dyna Care Eclipsys Bender Cborg Cerner Clinivision Cognos CHUB Comcotec Ge GEAC Dictaphone Medical Systems Mgmt Meditech Mediware Medscape Micromedex Paces Oasis Bar Coding Maintenance Tracking

VERITAS Volume Replicator

Systems Solution

Planning Your Security Assessment

Careful planning is the first and most important step of any security assessment. While it may be tempting to break out your network security tool kit right away and begin scanning the entire network, this can lead to haphazard information collection and analysis and provide practically no basis for...

HIPAA Heatlthcare Business Considerations Part 1

Data Warehousing Master Patient Index Inpatient and Outpatient Activity Data Marketing Provider Data Provider Data HR and Payroll Data Healthplan Data EMPI Management Reporting Executive Information System Data Mining Data Analysis Research Support Order Entry Results Reporting Clinical Documentation Ambulatory Clinical Documentation OB System Cardiology Lab Radiology PACS Pharmacy...

NetBackup with MSCS LSI Logic

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Security Configuration and Analysis

Free Visio Sample Document download Visual – MMC Snap-in and Command utility Scedit.exe MMC Snapin.vsd https://www.bestitdocuments.com/Samples

Data Asset Classification Considerations

Control Secure messaging Application Security Database Security Network Access …. …. Integrity Data Achieving High Availability Backup / recovery …. …. Availability Data Isolation Data-Replication …. …. Data Retention ID Access Management …. … www.bestitdocuments.com

GEO Science Dependencies – Standard * Interoperability